The Iola register., 1887-01-21
FRIDAY. JANUARY q, 1887.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
In its last issue the Democrat ere
spectfully asks the editor of the REG
IsTER' number of questions. If W,
considered only the source Of thes,
question, they would be unworthy O
notice. But the insignificance of tn,
accuser is sometimes swallowed ND il
the magnitude of the accusation, and
with an apology to our readers for oc
cupying SO much space with a matter
SO purely personal, we herewith pre-.
sent our replies, taking the questions
one or two at a time 50 that the ans.
wers may not be misunderstood.
Is it not fact thai committee waited upon
you short time before the election and de.
manded that You take more active part in the
campaign2
Did not this same committee demand tba,
You come to the rescue of Capt Ewing and
Farmer Funston?
We were not waited upon BY any
committee at any time during the cam
paign, and neither of the above indi.
Gated demands was ever made upon us.
Did your republican friends complain to You
because you did not carry the republican ticket
al the head of your paper?
No. The last week of the campaign
We heard indirectly that the REGIS
TER had been criticised for not pub.
fishing the ticket oftener, but no COM
plaint was ever brought to us directly.
Since the election have you not been waited
upon and demanded 20 come to Ewing's rescue
and assistance In this contest?
No.
Were YOU not told that if you ia lied to do so
another republican paper would be started in
lola
No.
Have you not been accused of ireachery by
leaders of your own party?
We do not know what NAV have
been said out of our hearing, but such
accusation has never been made in our
presence.
Have you not been told by republicans that
you We're running democratic paper; or a pa
per in the interest Of the democratic party ofl
Allen county?
No.
Did you not write that column of screed after
You had been promised that no paper should be |
started in opposition to the REG1sTER9
We have never written a ''column
of screed," preferring to leave our ques-
TONER undisturbed in his monopoly of
that sort of literature. We will say,
however, that we have never sought
nor received from any person or per-
sons promise that no paper should be
started in opposition to the REGISTER.
Didn't you know or believe that the matter
contained in that article, referring to the con-
test was false9
On the contrary we believed every
word of it to be true. We now kno,c
at least We have the assurance of the
contest board-that with possibly one
exception, which was noted last week,
every word of it was true.
Did you not receive your information in re-
ard to those facts from Ewing's supporters9 o
Didn't they give you that information SO that d
on might publish it9 lc
We gathered our information from y
riends of both contestants. We don't v
oppose the parties with whom we d
alked gave any thought whatever to o.
ne use we would make of their infor. fo
Iation.
A prominent republican living in town has 81
id that he told you that If you did not come 70
t stronger for Ewing that they (meauing tn
Wings supporters) would smash your paper
ID any republican ever make substantially
ch a statement to you?
Most emphatically, No. Further
ore we don't believe any republican
er said that he did. The only threat Fa
at has ever been made to us was a., a.,
ade by some Leaguers three or fouri fire
ars ago, who were going to ''smash Di
e paper" unless it quit fighting the mt mt
ague. There are several people in for r
= county who can bear testimony to Die
e effect the threat had. ap]
ave you not said to more than one person 20. 80
ding in lola that they (meaning the reppb- -;
ms or Ewing's friends were bringing q -.
ut pressure to bear ON you, or words to that W.
Ct
10. No complaint Las ever been con
&c TO Us concerning the course of viii
REGlgTER either before or after; WI
election, We knew, however, que que
tit had beer severely criticised by mn,
ain republican, w pzturslly atio